HB 1517
"Mississippi Second Chance Act"; enact.
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Bill overview
An act to be known as the "mississippi second chance act"; To amend section 47-7-3, mississippi code of 1972, to revise parole eligibility for persons sentenced for crimes of violence; To provide that persons sentenced for certain violent offenses shall be eligible for parole after serving fifty percent OR fifteen years, whichever is less, of the sentence OR sentences imposed; To provide parole eligibility for persons sentenced for murder IN the first degree after serving twenty-five years and for persons sentenced for murder IN the second degree after serving twenty years; To amend section 47-7-3.2, mississippi code of 1972, to decrease the number of years served for committing certain crimes of violence before being released by the department of corrections; To amend sections 99-19-81, 99-19-83, and 99-19-87, mississippi code of 1972, to provide parole eligibility for persons sentenced as habitual offenders after serving ten years; To provide that these amendments shall apply retroactively; And for related purposes.
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